About Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Lancaster Royal Grammar School is a top day and boarding grammar school of around 1000 boys aged 11–18, including 200 boarders and a thriving sixth form of over 300.

The School was endowed in 1472 and is one of the oldest state funded schools in the country. Originally situated close to the Priory Church and Lancaster Castle, the LRGS moved to its present site in 1851 when Queen Victoria granted the Royal title.

LRGS has a long tradition of providing excellent opportunities for boys to excel academically as well as a national reputation for sporting and extra-curricular achievement. Students achieve consistently high academic standards and are supported by a strong and effective pastoral system. The School became an Academy in 2011.

“An outstanding school” Ofsted 2007

A wide variety of sport and extra curricular activities play an important part in educational life at LRGS, with teams regularly appearing in regional and national competitions. All boys are encouraged to become involved in a broad range of indoor and outdoor activities. Ofsted described LRGS as being "enriched by an exceptional range of sporting, social and cultural opportunities."

As a state boarding school, education at LRGS remains free. Parents only pay for the boarding element and our boarding fees are highly competitive. Families are able to choose full-time or weekly boarding to suit their needs. The boarding community at LRGS is readily recognised as the heart of the school, helping boys achieve remarkable success in all areas of school life.

Lancaster Royal Grammar School's position as one of the top state grammar schools in the country was endorsed by a recent Ofsted inspection which stated that:

"Overall, the standards of attainment are exceptionally and consistently high".

"The curriculum is outstanding ... ... and provides students with an outstanding range and balance of opportunities and experience".

LRGS is all about the best of the old and the new. It was excellent last weekend to host a reunion for former pupils who left school fifty years ago – and wonderfully for some of their teachers as well.
Some have retained close links and been back to the school many times,... read more

Les Misérables sings the turbulent stories of those caught up in the uprisings of nineteenth century France. Here is betrayal, loss and unrequited love – and redemption, forgiveness and hope. Each character struggles with the brokenness of a life far from the purity of their... read more

Lower Sixth students studying A-level Product Design have been working on a project with The Loyne Specialist School to design and make toys for their pupils.
Sixth Formers visited the Loyne School... read more

Pupils in Year 7 and their families gathered with teachers and staff to celebrate LRGS Founders' Day with a Service of Thanksgiving at the Priory on Saturday 7th July.
The moving service in Lancaster... read more

Sixth Formers from Lancaster Royal Grammar School made it through to the national final of a competition for young people run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
The team... read more